[wp-hackers] Re: IP address verification for trackbacks

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Thu Aug 14 13:55:23 GMT 2008


On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Kimmo Suominen <kimmo at global-wire.fi> wrote:
> I don't think WordPress does anything to select the IP address it
> uses to send trackbacks.  In other words, I think it will use the
> primary IP address configured on the host.
>
> I run all websites on secondary IP addresses, so I guess I cannot
> send trackbacks to users of this plugin.
>
> My own website couldn't even run on the primary IP address of the
> host, as I'm using HTTPS as well.

Why can't you use one IP?

Virtual Hosts. Use 'em, love 'em.


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